Florence prostitute clients risk arrest

Mayor Nardella signs order to protect women's dignity

(ANSA) - Florence, September 14 - A order signed on Thursday
by Florence Mayor Dario Nardella means that clients of
prostitutes in the Tuscan city risk arrest of up to three months
or a 206-euro fine.
The order comes into force on Friday and targets people who
ask for sexual acts in exchange for money - so police will not
have to wait for such acts to be consumed in order to intervene.
The order does not envisage penalties for the prostitutes
unless other criminal acts are committed.
"Our society cannot be blind to such a vast phenomenon that
destroys the dignity of thousands of women, who are often
reduced to a state of slavery, and enables organized crime to
get rich in a shameful way," Nardella said.
"I hope that Florence can be a good example for the whole
country".